EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 4m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/03/06 11:39 PM Share Posted 17/03/06 11:39 PM Okay, this might sound funny, but it's worrying me. I opened the rear boot this morning and what I think is a huntsman spider (big spider) fell from the bootlid lip into the boot (it'd had obviously liked the little crevice under the boot lid lip). Being the nice guy, I thought I'd gently coax the spider out with a coat hanger but that only infuriated it and it sped towards the rear of the back seats and went down the crack between the boot floor and the rear of the back seats! I've folded down the back seats and removed the carpet covering but still can't find the little beastie.So, I'm open to suggestions how to extradite myself of this situation and hopefully have said spider out of the car. (I'm expecting humourous and serious replies, but I hope the serious ones will be useful!)Well, can I leave him in there to starve - like anyone know how long a huntsman lives for without food or water?Also, don't want to fumigate the car with insecticide as I have to the drive the thing.My strategy is at this stage is to remove all stuff from the back seat, parcel shelf and boot and wait for him to expose himself by sunning himself on the back window or something.I read that huntsman aren't venomous but their bite can cause local swelling.Well, feel free to reply or PM me. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flukey Seriously Flukey Member Donating Members 4,354 Member For: 20y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/03/06 11:49 PM Share Posted 17/03/06 11:49 PM I have heard Huntsmans dont like heat, so I'd basically just the whole car.Insurance will cover it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jEtONiT Donating Members 1,817 Member For: 21y 1m 18d Gender: Not Telling Location: next door.. Posted 17/03/06 11:56 PM Share Posted 17/03/06 11:56 PM use a mousetrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 17/03/06 11:59 PM Share Posted 17/03/06 11:59 PM A huntsman, ha, I'll swap you that for the little black ants that keep appearing in my car.Just spray a bit of fly spray around. You won't smell it for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 18/03/06 12:02 AM Share Posted 18/03/06 12:02 AM Laughing uncontrollably here, not because of your predicament but I just can’t wait for Lumpy to see this thread If setting it alight is not an option I would fumigate the car and drive with the windows down for a while. Either way though best of luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 18/03/06 02:17 AM Share Posted 18/03/06 02:17 AM Wait till the furcker pop's up from the front of your bonnet comes sprinting straight up towards you jumps smack bang dead center of your vision on the windscreen then body rolls up over the top off into oblivion.... Kamakaze barstardo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markxr6t Member 476 Member For: 20y 1m 25d Location: Perth WA Posted 18/03/06 02:31 AM Share Posted 18/03/06 02:31 AM Throw one of those big f***ker wasp / hornets in your car. She'll find the huntsman, paralyse it and lay her eggs in it. Then voila - no more huntsman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrdreaming Lifetime Members 1,693 Member For: 21y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 18/03/06 02:55 AM Share Posted 18/03/06 02:55 AM I had one in my engine bay last week, you can still see the size 11 shoe mark on my APS cross over pipe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 18/03/06 03:30 AM Share Posted 18/03/06 03:30 AM Throw one of those big f***ker wasp / hornets in your car. She'll find the huntsman, paralyse it and lay her eggs in it. Then voila - no more huntsman!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just a bunch of wasps in a few weeks time instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jEtONiT Donating Members 1,817 Member For: 21y 1m 18d Gender: Not Telling Location: next door.. Posted 18/03/06 03:44 AM Share Posted 18/03/06 03:44 AM u guys think a huntsman is bad, look what popped out of the bonnet when I went for a drive with my bro..some sort of lizard I guess, around 60cm long head to tail.. a big branch I pulled off a tree made short work of the b@stard though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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